Senior Systems Integration Engineer​/Tech Lead Counter-UAS

Position: Senior Systems Integration Engineer / Tech Lead Counter-UAS
Emergent is a Delft-based company dedicated to revolutionizing autonomous aerial systems for defense and emergency response. We develop and deploy software for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that enables platform-independent collaborative autonomy, and we build the Counter-UAS (C-UAS) systems that detect, track, and defeat hostile drones in denied and cluttered environments. Our technology leverages decentralized swarming algorithms and multi-sensor fusion to tackle real-world challenges at scale.

We have successfully attracted significant capital and grants, and we are working with clients and strategic partners across Europe and allied countries — strong signals of market traction. Backed by experienced advisors, we offer the chance to join a 20-person team pushing the boundaries of autonomy and counter-drone defense, with real autonomy and influence over what we build.

What you will do:

As  Senior Systems Integration Engineer / Tech Lead  for our C-UAS product line, you will own how our detection, tracking, command-and-control, and effector subsystems come together into a single, coherent system that works in the field. This is a system-of-systems role: your job is to make heterogeneous sensors, data links, C2 software, and effectors behave as one; reliably, under time pressure, against real threats.

You will set the technical direction for integration, lead a group of engineers, and stay hands-on. This is  not  a UI-design or front-end role, and it is not about building simple, self-contained features. We are looking for someone who has integrated complex systems (of systems) before — ideally C-UAS or IAMD — and who knows where the hard problems hide: interfaces, timing, sensor fusion, decision logic, and interoperability.

Your responsibilities will involve:

Own C-UAS system integration end to end  — architect and lead the integration of radar, RF, EO/IR, acoustic and other sensors with our C2 and effector subsystems into a deployable, interoperable whole.

Lead command-and-control (C2) integration  — define the interfaces, message buses, and data models that connect detection, tracking, decision-making, and effector cueing across the kill chain.

Drive sensor fusion and track management  — integrate and validate multi-sensor fusion, track correlation, and classification so the system produces a single, trustworthy air picture.

Own the decision-making layer  — integrate threat evaluation, prioritization, and effector-assignment logic (human-on-the-loop / human-in-the-loop) into robust, testable software.

Set the technical direction  — maintain the integration architecture, ensuring modularity, interoperability, and adherence to relevant standards and ICDs.

Lead and mentor  — guide a small, high-performing engineering team, set code standards, testing frameworks, and review processes, and grow the technical capability of the people around you.

Stay hands-on  — contribute directly to development, debugging, simulation, HIL/SIL, and field testing; own V&V strategy from bench to deployment.

Bridge to the real world  — collaborate with founders, clients, and partners to translate operational requirements into scalable system architecture, and take integrated systems from prototype through customer acceptance trials.

What you bring:

MSc (or BSc with equivalent experience) in Aerospace, Electrical, Software, Systems, or Mechanical Engineering, or similar.

5+ years  of industry experience, with  demonstrable experience integrating complex systems of systems  — ideally Counter-UAS (C-UAS) or Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) systems.

Proven experience with  system integration, sensor fusion, and decision-making / effector cueing.

Demonstrable experience setting up full system architectures and…